PEOPLE v. NELSON


309 N.Y. 231 (1955)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Edward Nelson, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 8, 1955


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Carley for appellant.

Edward S. Silver, District Attorney (William I. Siegel of counsel), for respondent.

CONWAY, Ch. J., DESMOND, FULD and BURKE, JJ., concur with DYE, J.; VAN VOORHIS, J., dissents in an opinion in which FROESSEL, J., concurs.


DYE, J.

The defendant-appellant appeals to this court by permission from a judgment of the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, modifying* and affirming as modified a judgment of the County Court of Kings County rendered upon a jury verdict convicting the defendant of the crimes of manslaughter, first degree, and manslaughter, second degree (Penal Law, § 1050, subd...

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